Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 485
harness on,one piece at a time. That horse isquite sure to be a fine-temperedcreature. The other is to go at ahorse with all the force possible,work him till he is tired out, and beunkind to him. That horse willbe snappish. If a horse is snap-pish when he is old, it does notmean he has been all his… … he cannot pull a load up a hill well with a check-rein.If he should stumble he could better pick himself up ifit were not for his check-rein. The blinkers are another part of the harness thatsometimes trouble the horse. Horses can see verymuch better in the dark than men. That is the…
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